I've asked Mayor Steve and Bent for the menu that they're preparing for Blogfest 2014. If it's anything like past meals, I'm guessing Bent's terrific pulled pork, macaroni, beans, cole slaw, etc. The Spokesman-Review rents the Fort Ground Grill venue and picks up the tab…
On her Facebook wall, Councilwoman KerriT posts: "There's a thin layer of ice well out from the shore on the Spokane River. At the Q'emiln Park boat launch in Post Falls you can see the ice nearly to the orange ball safety barrier just above…
From Facebook Friend Shirley Thagard: "All my North Idaho Peeps! Listen up. The St. Vinnies H.E.L.P. shelter is feeding an extraordinary number of people due to this extraordinary weather. They don't have a kitchen, just a few crock pots so they are in serious need…
5:20 p.m. Tensed Ambulance en route to gunshot victim in Desmet residence along H95. 5:07 p.m. 3 disabled vehicles that are tagged for removal by dark -- Chevy Blazer w/flashers on @ n/b H41/MP 2 (Poleline/PF), 1996 Saturday @ n/b H95/MP 427 (Cougar Gulch) &…
Alex Koch shorts through his collection of Pokémon cards as he poses for a photo on Jan. 31, at The Spokesman-Review in downtown Spokane. Koch is the 2013 Pokémon City Masters Division champion and owns more than 10,000 Pokémon cards. Story here. (SR photo: Tyler…
Time 2 Vote ... As the game clock winds down, the student section tries to unnerve Portland's Bryce Pressley as he put the ball in play. You write the cutline. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Wednesday Winner — DFO, with 3 votes: Putin writes: “For a…
Hours before Tom Luna made his surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election, Gov. Butch Otter placed a pre-dawn phone call asking the schools chief to hold off. State Superintendent Tom Luna, left, announces his decision not to run for re-election on Jan. 27.…
If the federal government voids an Idaho broadband project contract, Idaho could be forced to pay back nearly $13.5 million to the feds, state Department of Administration director Teresa Luna said Thursday. Funding for Idaho’s high school broadband network is in indefinite “limbo,” as a…
KEA blog reports: Over the last year, RYA has been analyzing, testing and evaluating the Dike Road’s slope, stability and long term viability. With the goal of keeping as many trees as possible, Arborist, Tim Kasting was brought on to assess the health of over…
On Monday, dozens of angry suction dredge miners from around the state gathered at a joint hearing held by the House and Senate Resources committees in the Lincoln Auditorium, to complain about a new EPA permit that’s been required for suction dredging in Idaho since…
"After plucking the banjo a few times (would ya believe I can tune it by myself now--progress)," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour, "I took off on my usual mid afternoon jaunt. This time it seemed wise to go where I could step outside the car and…
Hannah Kearney of the United States stands with her skis after a qualifying session for the women's moguls at the Rosa Kutor Exreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, today in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) DFO: I'll be careful not to provide…
At Pat Whalen's announcement that he's running in GOPrimary for the Senate District 3 seat now held by Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Post Falls: political PR specialists Eden Irgens of Range, Inc., and Ron Lahr of Strategery. Who will represent whom in the Legislative District 3…
... That Public Services Director Terry Werner of Post Falls will announce soon for the House District 3 seat now held by Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Post Falls. Werner is a Republican and also a former Post Falls City Council member. Stay tuned. In the last…
A well-educated friend approached us the other day. A friend of his had decided to give up cigarettes and put the $250 a month he was saving in to silver, but hadn't a clue how to do it? At first blush such a question uttered…
I called him Pete. He was left in my care by an all-too-optimistic friend. She told me he wouldn’t be any trouble. She said she trusted me to watch over him. “Just put him in the bathroom and he’ll be fine,” she said. “Even you…
Marc Stewart (RE: McEuen Park will have donor wall): This story is a not so subtle reminder that our country’s corporatization continues. We’re worrying about naming rights to a public park? Seriously. McEuen Field brought to you by Taco Bell. Make a run for jungle…
Jimmy Fallon, left, and Jay Leno on season 22 of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Tonight, Leno, 63, is stepping down for the second and presumably last time, making way for his successor, Fallon, in New York. Fallon, 39, starts his "Tonight" Feb.…
12:05 p.m. Injury accident is blocking Prairie Avenue/Pleasantview, Rathdrum Prairie. 11:47 a.m. Possible hit-and-run during merge @ I-90/MP 1 (Beck Road) involving white pickup pulling cargo trailer. 11:27 a.m. Someone having trouble breathing @ Bestland Assisted Living, 606 Best Ave/CdA. 11:26 a.m. Female pushing child…
Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch was the most conservative member of the Senate in 2013, according to the new rankings by National Journal which calls Risch “the high-energy, low-visibility junior Republican senator from Idaho,” who topped better known GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Rand…
Stephen Wessler, an expert of bullying, fields questions from the audience at the Kroc Center Wednesday evening. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Stephen Wessler told attendees at the Kroc Center on Wednesday night that his efforts to combat bullying were inspired during a case he worked on…
Wednesday Poll: By a narrow margin, Hucks Nation opposes the Coeur d'Alene City Council vote that will allow the Hagadone Corp. to remove a number of red maples to make way for a $1M makeover of 2 blocks of Front Avenue. 83 of 177 respondents…
A dispute that erupted last year when former Republican Rep. Mark Patterson was allowed to carry a concealed weapon even after his permit was revoked has lawmakers trying to change Idaho's guns laws. Rep. Rick Youngblood, R-Nampa, told House State Affairs Committee members Thursday getting…
The latest addition to the McEuen Park makeover will be a donor wall financed by the Panhandle Parks Foundation, which provides donors an opportunity to permanently etch their name into one of the six granite plaques on the monument. Kim Stearns, executive director of the…
Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, listens to testimony on a bill that Republican religious conservatives argue is necessary to protect businesses from being forced to serve customers whose lifestyles offend their faith traditions on Wednesday in Boise. The measure cleared the House State Affairs Panel 11-5…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
